341

This article is about the year 341. For the number, see 341 (number). For other uses, see 341 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century 4th century 5th century
Decades:	320s 330s 340s 350s 360s
Years:	338 339 340 341 342 343 344

341 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	341 CCCXLI
Ab urbe condita	1094
Assyrian calendar	5091
Balinese saka calendar	262–263
Bengali calendar	−253 – −252
Berber calendar	1291
Buddhist calendar	885
Burmese calendar	−297
Byzantine calendar	5849–5850
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat) 3038 or 2831     — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 3039 or 2832
Coptic calendar	57–58
Discordian calendar	1507
Ethiopian calendar	333–334
Hebrew calendar	4101–4102
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	397–398
- Shaka Samvat	262–263
- Kali Yuga	3441–3442
Holocene calendar	10341
Iranian calendar	281 BP – 280 BP
Islamic calendar	290 BH – 289 BH
Javanese calendar	222–223
Julian calendar	341 CCCXLI
Korean calendar	2674
Minguo calendar	1571 before ROC 民前1571年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1127
Seleucid era	652/653 AG
Thai solar calendar	883–884
Tibetan calendar	阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 467 or 86 or −686     — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 468 or 87 or −685

Emperor Constans I (c. 320–350)

Year 341 (CCCXLI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellinus and Probinus (or, less frequently, year 1094 ab Urbe condita). The denomination 341 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years or dates.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Constans I bans pagan sacrifices and magic rituals, under penalty of death.[1]
• Constans I begins a successful campaign against the Franks.[1]

India

• Samudragupta of the Gupta Empire, during a decade, extends his kingdom and his influence.[2] A pillar found at Allahabad sings his praises.[2]

By topic

Religion

• The Council of Encaenia is held in Antioch.[3][4][5]
• Paul I is restored as Patriarch of Constantinople.[6]
• Thousands of Christians are executed at Seleucia in Mesopotamia.[7]
• Coptic Christianity is introduced into Ethiopia by the Syrian apostle Frumentius. He and his colleague Aedesius ware captured by Ethiopians a year or two ago, and have become civil servants at the Aksumite court of King Ezana. Ezana is impressed with Frumentius' teachings and converts to Christianity.[8][9] Frumentius becomes the first Bishop of Axum and encourages the Christian merchants present in the country to practise their faith openly.[9][10]

Births

• Ai of Jin (or Qianling), Chinese emperor (d. 365)[11]

Deaths

• Asterius of Cappadocia, Christian theologian and writer[12]
• Du Lingyang (or Du Ling), Chinese empress (b. 321)[13]
• Eusebius of Nicomedia, archbishop of Constantinople[14]
• Ge Hong (or Ko Hung), Chinese taoist (approximate date)[15]
• Paul of Thebes, Christian hermit (approximate date)[16]
• Potamon of Heraclea, Christian bishop and martyr[17]

References

1. Hunt, David (1998). "The successors of Constantine". In Averil Cameron & Peter Garnsey (eds.). The Cambridge Ancient History XIII: The Late Empire, A.D. 337–425. Cambridge University Press. pp. 6–7. ISBN 0-521-30200-5
2. Tej Ram Sharma (1989). A Political History of the Imperial Guptas: From Gupta to Skandagupta. Concept. pp. 71–73. ISBN 978-81-7022-251-4.
3. "Henry Wace: Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies. – Christian Classics Ethereal Library". www.ccel.org. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
4. "Council of Antioch | Description, History, & Facts". www.britannica.com. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
5. "Church Fathers: Synod of Antioch in Encaeniis (A.D. 341)". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
6. Butler, Alban. The Lives of the Saints, Vol. VI, (1886)
7. Butler, Alban (1821). The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints. pp. 229–230. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
8. Harrower, Michael J.; Dumitru, Ioana A.; Perlingieri, Cinzia; Nathan, Smiti; Zerue, Kifle; Lamont, Jessica L.; Bausi, Alessandro; Swerida, Jennifer L.; Bongers, Jacob L.; Woldekiros, Helina S.; Poolman, Laurel A.; Pohl, Christie M.; Brandt, Steven A.; Peterson, Elizabeth A. (2019). "Beta Samati: discovery and excavation of an Aksumite town". Antiquity. 93 (372): 1536. doi:10.15184/aqy.2019.84. ISSN 0003-598X.
9. Moore, Dale H. (1939). "Christianity in Ethiopia". Church History. 5 (3): 272. doi:10.2307/3160789. ISSN 1755-2613. JSTOR 3160789.
10. Adejumobi, Saheed A. (2007). The history of Ethiopia. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-313-32273-0
11. Fang Xuanling inter al., eds. 晉書 (Book of Jin), 648. Beijing: Zhonghua Publishing, 1974. 10 vols.
12.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Asterius". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 792.
13. Adamek, P. (September 11, 2012). "A good son is sad if he hears the name of his father: the tabooing of names in China as a way of implementing social values". Leiden University: Scholarly Publications. p. 145. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
14. "Catholic Encyclopedia: Eusebius of Nicomedia". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
15. Wells, Matthew (July 18, 2013). "Self as Historical Artifact: Ge Hong and Early Chinese Autobiographical Writing". Early Medieval China. 2003 (1): 71–103. doi:10.1179/152991003788138465. ISSN 1529-9104.
16. "Venerable Paul of Thebes". www.oca.org. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
17. Butler, Alban (1798). The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. Edinburgh: J. Moir. p. 264. Retrieved June 9, 2024.